Kia Motors Rio 5 Tires

Tested in the northern Estonian climate with heavy snow and -20°C cold. Fantastic tires! Handling in both snow and ice is a whole new level. Recommend!

I left a previous reveiw earlier in the tires' lives....and now i'm updating the long term view. At 63,500 km the four main tires are at 2mm tread remaining, so need to replace them. Spare is at 6mm. If i had started rotating in the spare from early on, the 5 tires may have made it to about 70,000km. Anyways, i can't find them to buy in my country, so i may have to get Firestone AS or Kumho Ecstas to replace them. No way am i buying Westlake or even Triangle if i can help it. I like my life, and my car needs good shoes to keep me safe.

I left a previous reveiw earlier in the tires' lives....and now i'm updating the long term view. At 63,500 km the four main tires are at 2mm tread remaining, so need to replace them. Spare is at 6mm. If i had started rotating in the spare from early on, the 5 tires may have made it to about 70,000km. Anyways, i can't find them to buy in my country, so i may have to get Firestone AS or Kumho Ecstas to replace them. No way am i buying Westlake or even Triangle if i can help it. I like my life, and my car needs good shoes to keep me safe.

Very good performer on wet and snowy roads. Dry handling is decent, could be better. High level of noise in the cabin.

I got these tires as OEM on my 2020 KIA Rio Hatchback. I previously had a 2019 Rio with the same tires. Did over 9,000 miles on the 2019, but have so far done 22,360 miles on the 2020, and they are in great condition still. The Dry performance continues to be great for an H rated tire, I don't drift or do burnouts (only 100 HP) so i dont't know how that would go LoL. What i can say for sure is the car tracks dead straight, and doesn't go wandering with every road imperfection (vertical cracks). The tires will tell you exactly what kind of tarmac you are on (audible) but does not make a sound on their own (smooth tarmac is whisper quiet with windows up). My car has numb steering so the sound is helpful. When new, you can easily go twice as fast in the rain on a smooth highway compared to others (i never went above 110 km in the rain), but naturally in a thunderstorm, you better go based on visibility and common sense. Had to pull a 4" nail once from a front left (passed an inner city furniture shop way too often, it was a shortcut), but the tires only kept losing pressure for weeks but never flattened or blew out, till i realized it was in there (doing 75 MPH regurlarly). I only needed to get it plugged. Very safe tires. I've even gone "off-road" in them, dirt tracks and rocky rain-damaged country roads, no cracks or nothing. Tuff tires for the money. The wet traction will not be as good as the tread goes down (simple physics), but the car still behaves predictably and has never snapped. I only rotated criss cross after 9,000 miles. I know, i just forgot dealerships don't rotate them for you (went to a tire shop when i saw the front in-tread sipes disappear). Please note, they are bi-directional, but have an inside and outside wall, so pay attention. To prolong tires, make sure to have them "oiled", and rebalanced during rotation. Don't be cheap just because the tires are. Also, you can tell how the water drainage goes by how deep the sound of the water is. High pitch is minimal water, but deeper pitch means too much, so slow down. But if you're in a luxury vehicle, you may not hear anything so....good luck with that. I may have to choose a different tire when these go off, mainly because they may be hard to find, and i want better tread life expectancy, as these are UTQG 360. Still, if that's average for AA traction then i guess not bad. I will buy again if i can find them newly made AND the price is still low (for e.g. the 185\65\R15 is a US$70 tire (don't overpay). In case you're wondering, i'm driving these in JA, which has some of the oldest roads ever, tires go through a lot, when not on the highways.

Bought this tires in December 2020, and due to the current state of the roads in my country I have already blown one tire and two others have bubbles even when the punishiment they took was not extreme. Not very durable compared to other tires. I bought then in 205/45 R17 size with 88W rating. The handling is ok but is very easy to reach the limit. They behave rather predictable. For highway use are also ok. Sufficiently stable at speeds up to 170kph or 105 mph but its also easy to reach the limit when braking. Poor grip for emergency braking. The wet grip is almost the same as when dry. The tires disperse the water well but they still reach the limit quick. As a really budget tire is fine. Would buy then again in an emergency or if im tight with money.

Just got the tire. Very balanced tire. I was looking for a combination of A rated brake and C fuel econ tire with lower noise than my bridgestone potenza tires(72decibels). I bought these tires for 97 EUR per piece 205/45/R17. They look good with nice pattern. What I was impressed with most is the tire comfort. Negative(if I can call that a negative) point when you are washing your car and want to put on tire shine it does not full as I expected. The markings(emboss) on the side walls of the tire are not groved enough to create an awesome effect like the Bridgestone potenza. If you are looking at the comprtitors - Dunlop(Usually wear out fast with very soft side walls,extremely quite),Michelin(Highest Price,Good performance but not as good as Continental),Continental(High Noise,brilliant tire), Bridgestone(High Price, Good tires,Noisy,amazing to paint after wash), Pirelli(Zero grip for summer tires below 7deg, Stiff tires a bit of a harsh ride,Noisy, extremely grippy, wears out hard,Moderatly expensive).

Best balance - Vredenstein(Best for lower price), Goodyear(Best), Fulda(mid class),Nexen(budget)

I bought Goodyear the tires are well balanced and they are more premium brand and if you are planning to sell the car after a year they will provide you more leverage in the sales than a slightly less known brand.

These tires came from factory on my Kia Rio5. Ride is very smooth and dry handling is great. Wet grip is adequate. Unfortunately the quality of construction left much to be desired. One tire blew up on me, it was a 2-inch sidewall crack, without me hitting a curb or anything.

These are performance tires, so in terms of durability, do not expect much of them. I had to replace them with only some 35k miles. I had the sensation that they lasted a bit longer, but because I swapped them for winter tires. So basically they lasted me for 2 1/2 canadian summers (which are very short).

Just replaced them for Pirelli P4s. So far durability has been great with these, but horrendous fuel consumption. One thing for the other.

Good tire for Dry surface driving
Didnt try them on wet, but seems ok for some water on dry road

Would buy again

Had these fitted by Tires on the Drive as I just needed a set of tires for the fronts on my Kia Rio Chill. I do a lot of motorway driving but I couldn't afford much so brought some budgets, seem a good tire for a Chinese budget tire. Hold the road well, only down side is the side walls aren't that strong and give the impression that there a little flat when there's 32psi in them. I think when my Firestone Multihawks run down on the back I'll change them for these.

extremely grippy and extremely quiet, it has transformed an otherwise mediocre car. very impressed so far will amend once I have winter tested.

Great tire, wears down fast.